I recently updated to ubuntu 12.04 and I can't enable/disable my laptop touchpad.
It's a bug ?
I have a Toshiba c660 . I block my touchpad with FN + F9. In ubuntu 11.04 worked. I guess that, since ubuntu 11.10 stopped working (I didn't try to block my touchpad in ubuntu 11.10 cause I had it for 3 days) .
You can use an application called touchpad-indicator to enable aqnd disable the touchpad on laptops where t he function key has stopped working. Open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt+ T) and type the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install touchpad-indicator
Then run the program by opening up the unity dash and searching for "touchpad". You can then enable and disable the touchpad from the icon in your notification area or set a keyboard shortcut to enable and disable the touchpad:
Hope that helps!
